There may be far more sinister creatures than weed-eating goats roaming the 585 acres of verdant land in Prospect Park.
A Tumblr presenting itself as a "look at the week's goings-on in Brooklyn's largest and most beautiful public park" transports readers to a dimension in which hobgoblins demand the installation of a solar phone charger on or near Breeze Hill, faerie kings and queens hold their annual springtime re-marriage ceremony on Lullwater Bridge, and rooster-snake hybrids feast on magnolia blossoms in Long Meadow.
Its most recent installment, published June 6, chronicles the brief appearance of a mysterious wormhole connecting paths near Sullivan Hill to those under Breeze Hill.
We suspect "This Week in Prospect Park" takes its cue from the Harry Potter spin-off "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," a cheeky manual to all the magical creatures in J.K. Rowling's universe. A film adaptation of the book is set for release in theaters this November.
Posts on the Tumblr alert readers to the presence and management of such beasts as bridge trolls, werewolves, and cockatrices, Park Slope Stoop first reported.
Quoted in these announcements are fictional park officials charged with their handling: botanists, landscape architects, cryptozoologists and occultists.
“In return for spring plantings of flowering annuals in cement planters near the bridges, the Trolls agreed to stop eating livestock," a landscape architect explains in one post about the long-term impacts of cuts in the park's landscaping budget.
“The Trolls didn't ask for much,” the architect is quoted as saying.
Volunteers with the Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit organization that works with the city to maintain the park, also reportedly contribute to imaginary animal control.
"This Week in Prospect Park" appears to have launched on March 28, with a post warning readers to beware the Rock Giant clan on Lockout Hill.
The Prospect Park Alliance did not respond to a request for comment on the Tumblr's existence and speculation as to its author's identity by deadline.
We nonetheless recommend keeping your eyes peeled for fantastical wildlife while jogging, lounging and/or barbecuing in the park this weekend.
